新概念英语 第三册 课文语言点详解 第一课

A puma at large
Where must the puma have come from?
Must 的基本词意是“必须”
Must…… have happened 或must be 表达一种推断或猜测。

A puma at large
Be at large ，固定词组词意是“潜逃”，她一般是指危险的人或动物从什么地方逃了出来，并且会造成伤害。

例：The escaped prisoners are still at large.
…… a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London…
…….people who claimed to have seen the puma…….
…… the puma was often observed at one plaece……
三句中都出现了表示“看见”或“看”的词语：
表示“看见”这个意思，see是最常用的词，而observe 要比see更加书面化，spot 表示看见了不太容易看到的东西或发现了正在寻找的东西。

例：I spotted someone coming out of the building.
As the evidence began to accumulate, experts from zoo felt obliged to investigate……
Accumulate 这个词只逐渐增加或积累。

Feel obliged to do sth感到不得不做某事。

这是一个固定词组，经常
用来做书面词，表示必须、有责任、有义务做什么事情。

例：I felt obliged to invited him.
The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw a large cat……
Hunt, 我们熟悉的词意是“捕猎”，但课文中的意思是“搜寻”。

列：go on a deer fox / fox hunt 猎鹿、猎狐。

The hunt for the remains of the titanic.
Hunt 也可以作为动词使用，
例：job-hunt 找工作。

Picking blackberries
Pick在课文中的意思为采摘”
例：pick cotton 摘棉花
Pick有很多层意思，在下面的例句中，pick是”挑选“的意思：
We need to pick someone reliable.
A puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. Corner的意思是”陷入一个困境，被逼得走投无路。

The search proved difficult.
Prove 的词意是“证明是。

原来是。

”，在这种用法中它是做不及物动词。

例：Therumour proved false.
当prove 做及物动词用时，她的意思是“证实”
例：They proved her innocence.
Puma fur was found clinging bushes.
这里的cling的意思是粘在了树枝上。

Clingto。

例：His wet shirt cling to his body
当cling后面的宾语是表示某种信念或感情的时候，他的意思就是“固守、坚持”。

例：she cling to the belief that her husband will come back. Several people complained of cat like noises at nigeh.
Complain of 在句中表示诉说的意思，反应的是一种不满的情绪。

Complain的后面跟到介词不同时，意思也会有相应的变化。

例：complain about the weather 抱怨天气不好。

Complain of theheadache诉说自己头痛这种情形。

It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal isstill at large in the quiet countryside.
Disturb 我们最熟悉的意思是“打扰”，但在课文中是令人不安的、令人担忧的。